What Are Hot Flashes? What You Need To Know About Hot Flashes?
Many women experience hot flashes, but not all menopausal women experience hot flashes. A hot flash is a feeling of warmth that spreads over the body, but is often most strongly felt in the head and neck regions. Hot flashes may be accompanied by sweating or flushing. Hot flashes usually last from thirty seconds to several minutes. Although the exact cause of hot flashes is not fully understood, hot flashes are thought to be due to a combination of hormonal and biochemical fluctuations brought on by declining estrogen levels. Hot flashes occur in up to forty percent of regularly menstruation women in their forties, so they often begin before the menstrual irregularities characteristic of menopause even begin. About eighty percent of women will be finished having hot flashes after 5 years. Sometimes (in about ten percent of women), hot flashes can last as long as ten years. Sometimes hot flashes are accompanied by night sweats (episodes of drenching sweats at nighttime). This may lead to awakening and difficulty falling asleep again, resulting in unrefreshing sleep and daytime tiredness.
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